Kok Ho Leong
Analyst · Alex Potter from Piper Jaffray. Please ask your question
Thank you, Weng Ming. I will now proceed to report on our financial performance for the third quarter and first nine months of 2015. Our net revenue for the third quarter of 2015 was RMB3.0 billion, US$472.4 million compared with RMB3.8 billion in the third quarter 2014. The total number of engines sold during the third quarter of 2015 was 84,117 units compared with 111,023 in the same quarter a year ago representing a decrease of 24.2%. As reported by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, CAAM, in the third quarter of 2015 sales of commercial vehicles, excluding gasoline-powered vehicles declined by 5.5%. The market remained week in the heavy-duty and medium-duty truck and medium-duty car segment. This registered a decline in sales of 26.0%, 15.7% and 8.3%, respectively. Gross profit was RMB586.8 million, US$92.3 million compared with RMB715.7 million in the same quarter of 2014. The gross profit decline was mainly attributable to the lower unit sales in the third quarter of 2015 compared with the same quarter last year. Gross margin was 19.5% in the third quarter of 2015 compared with 19.1% in the third quarter last year. Other operating loss was RMB24.5 million, $3.8 million, compared with other operating income of RMB39.6 million in the same quarter last year. This decrease was mainly due to a loss of RMB12.5 million from the disposal of GYMCL's entire shareholding interest in Xiamen Yuchai Diesel Engines Co., Ltd., Xiamen Factor, and foreign exchange revaluation losses. In 2014, the company recorded a foreign revaluation gain and waiver of a payable. Research and development, R&D, expenses declined by 1.9% to RMB132.3 million, $20.8 million from RMB134.9 million in the same quarter of 2014. As a percentage of net revenue, R&D spending was 4.4% compared with 3.6% in the same quarter of 2014. R&D expenses reflected development and testing costs as new engines were introduced to the market and GYMCL continued its initiatives to improve engine quality. Selling, general & administrative, SG&A, expenses of RMB355.9 million, $55.9 million, declined from RMB392.7 million in the third quarter last year, a decrease of RMB36.8 million or 9.4%. SG&A expenses represented 11.8% of net revenue compared with 10.5% in the third quarter of 2014. The increase in SG&A percentage was mainly due to the effect of lower sales as well as higher warranty expenses and provision for doubtful debts. Operating profit decreased to RMB74.2 million, $11.7 million, from RMB227.6 million in the third quarter of 2014. The decrease was mainly due to lower gross profit, and other operating losses compared with other operating income in the third quarter of 2014. The operating margin was 2.5% compared with 6.1% in the third quarter of 2014. Finance costs decreased by 40.3% to RMB30.9 million, $4.9 million, from RMB51.7 million in the same quarter last year. Lower finance costs mainly resulted from less bills discounting. The share of joint ventures was a loss of RMB5.9 million, $0.9 million, compared with a loss of RMB2.9 million in the same quarter of 2014. In the third quarter of 2015, profit before tax was RMB37.3 million, $5.9 million, compared with a profit of RMB268.1 million, a decrease of RMB230.8 million. In 2015, there was a loss of RMB17.3 million relating to Xiamen Factory's loss from disposal and writing off of certain plant and equipment. In 2014, there were gains from acquisitions of RMB95.2 million. Therefore, has the profit before tax been adjusted for this event, it would have been RMB54.6 million in the third quarter of 2015 and RMB172.9 million in the same quarter in 2014. In the third quarter of 2015, total net profit attributable to China Yuchai's shareholders was RMB0.35 million, $0.05 million, or earnings per share of RMB0.01, $0.14, compared with RMB143.8 million, or earnings per share of RMB3.77 in the same quarter in 2014. Earnings per share in the third quarter of 2015 was based on a weighted average of 39,142,533 shares compared to earnings per share in the third quarter 2014, which was based on a weighted average of 38,135,182 shares. Let me now go over to the financial highlights for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 net revenue was RMB10.8 billion, $1.7 billion compared with the RMB12.5 billion in the same period last year. The total number of engines sold by GYM including the first nine months of 2015 was 304,424 units compared with 390,731 units in the same period last year. This decrease of 22.1% compared with the industry decline of 16.2% in unit sales of commercial vehicles, excluding gasoline-powered vehicles, for the nine months of 2015, as reported by CAAM. The market remained weak in the heavy and medium duty truck, and medium-duty bus segments, which registered decline in sales of 29.8%, 25.0% and 5.0% respectively. Gross profit was RMB2.1 billion, $329.9 million compared with RMB2.3 billion in the same period last year. The gross profit decline was mainly attributable to lower unit sales compared with the first nine months of 2014. Gross margin increased to 19.4% compared with 18.5% for the first nine months of 2014. Other operating loss was RMB6.5 million, $1.0 million versus other operating income of RMB81.1 million in the same period last year, a decrease of RMB87.6 million. The decrease was mainly due to a loss of RMB12.5 million from the disposal of GYMCL's entire shareholding interest in Xiamen Factory and foreign exchange revaluation losses. In 2014, the Company recorded a foreign revaluation gain and waiver of payable. Research and development, R&D expenses increased by 6.2% to RMB384.5 million, $60.4 million compared with RMB362.0 million in the same period in 2014. As a percentage of net revenue, R&D spending was 3.6% compared with 2.9% in the nine months of 2014. R&D expenses increased mainly due to the ongoing research and development of new and existing engine products as well as continued initiatives to improve engine quality. Selling, general & administrative, SG&A expenses declined 6.5% to RMB1.06 billion, $167.3 million compared with RMB1.14 billion in the same period last year. SG&A expenses represented 9.9% of net revenue for the first nine months of 2015, compared with 9.1% in the same period last year. Operating profit decreased to RMB643.0 million, $101.1 million from RMB901.5 million in the same period last year. The decrease was related to lower gross profit and other operating loss compared with other operating income in the third quarter of 2014. The operating margin was 5.9% compared with 7.2% in the same period last year. Finance costs declined 21.6% to RMB94.3 million, $14.8 million from RMB120.2 million in the same period last year, a decrease of RMB25.9 million. Lower finance costs mainly resulted from less bills discounting. The share of joint ventures was a loss of RMB19.2 million, US$ 3.0 million, a reduction in loss of RMB7.8 million compared with a loss of RMB27.0 million in the same period in 2014. In the nine months ended September 30, 2015, net profit before tax was RMB529.5 million, US$83.2 million, compared with a profit of RMB849.6 million, a decrease of RMB320.0 million. In 2015, there was a loss of RMB17.3 million relating to the Xiamen Factory's loss from disposal and writing off of certain plant and equipments. In 2014, there were gains from acquisition of RMB95.2 million. Therefore, the profit before tax has been adjusted for this event which has been RMB546.8 million in the nine months of 2015 and RMB754.4 million in the same period in 2014. For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, total net profit attributable to China Yuchai's shareholders was RMB282.1 million, US$44.3 million, or earnings per share of RMB7.32, US$1.15, compared with RMB489.1 million, or earnings per share of RMB13.02 in the same period last year. Earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was based on a weighted average of 38,514,783 shares compared with earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 which was based on a weighted average of 37,560,020 shares. I will now go to the balance sheet highlights as of September 30, 2015. Cash and bank balances were RMB2.4 billion, US$380.6 million, compared with RMB2.5 billion as at December 31, 2014. Short and long-term borrowings were RMB2.7 billion, US$419.4 million, compared with RMB2.3 billion at the end of 2014. Net inventory was RMB1.7 billion, US$263.1 million, compared with RMB1.9 billion at the end of 2014. With that, operator, we are ready to begin the Q&A session.